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Letters to the Editor

A Case of Zolpidem Dependence Successfully Detoxified with Clonazepam

, DPM, , MD, DPM, , MD & , MD, DPM
Pages 343-344 | Received 07 Jan 2008, Accepted 08 Jan 2008, Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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